Chateau Lions Club Fall Festival shifts to single evening event
The Chateau Lions Club renames and relocates the fall celebration from the city park to the high school gym for one night only on Saturday at 7 PM. Aimed at raising funds for local projects including a swimming pool filter system, the event features a 9 PM Moose Orchestra dance, kids films, games, lunchroom, bake sale, photography, fortune telling, and a fish pond.
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Chateau Lions Club
Lions Club
City Park
Moose Orchestra
Lions Club Committee
Chateau
Chateau City Council Drafts Traffic Ordinance No. 138
The Chateau City Council, in a semi monthly session, drafted Ordinance No. 138 to ban U turns at two intersections and impose a three hour parking limit on Main Street from 8 am to 6 pm daily except Sundays and holidays. The plan also sets boundaries from Cherry's Phillips 66 to Taylor Motor Co and calls for biannual vehicle safety checks by the city with patrol support. The meeting also welcomed two new volunteer firefighters, noted skunk control efforts, and issued three building permits for St. Joseph's Church rectory, Western Star Motel curbing, and Jensen Insurance neon sign.
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Chateau
Main Street
Cherry
Phillips “66
Taylor Motor Company
Montana State Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
John Woodward
Dean Swenson
St. Joseph’s Church
al Hensley
B. P. Jensen
Jensen Insurance Agency
Bulldogs Top Sunburst In 20 18 Conference Opener
Choteau Bulldogs defeated the Sunburst Refiners 20 18 in a low scoring season opener at Choteau. Both teams scored three touchdowns with Choteau converting twice and Sunburst missing all three extra point attempts. The game featured key plays including Rich Wilson interceptions and Wayne Carlson TD runs as the Bulldogs held on for the win.
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Choteau Bulldogs
Sunburst
Choteau
Bulldogs
Chateau
Rich Wilson
Wayne Carlson
Ray Yeager
Scotty Seaton
Ron Samsal
Joramo
Scouts Organize Next Wednesday Meeting At Legion Hall
A Cub Scout organizational meeting will be held at the upper Legion Hall on Wednesday at 7 30 p m. All boys interested in joining Cub Scouts should attend with a parent. Leaders say boys will be assigned to packs and dens and the coming season programs arranged. The VFW and American Legion sponsor a pack.
Services for Chris Jensen Held Monday
Funeral services for Chris Jensen, 76, a retired Dutton area wheat rancher, were held Monday at Bethany Lutheran Church in Dutton with Rev. A Bernard Gravdal presiding. burial followed at Highland Cemetery in Great Falls. Jensen died last Thursday in a Great Falls hospital after living in the United States 60 years and homesteading in Dutton 50 years ago. survivors include his widow Irene, daughter Mrs Robert Stephens, a stepdaughter Mrs Lyle Achenbach, Helena, sister Mrs Margaret Kavanaugh, Athens Ontario, two sisters in Denmark, and seven grandchildren.
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Chris Jensen
Dutton Area
Bethany Lutheran Church
Dutton
Bernard Gravdal
Highland Cemetery
Great Falls
Jensen
Denmark
United States
Irene
Robert Stephens
Lyle Achenbach
Helena
Margaret Kavanaugh
Athens
Ont
J H Torgerson Dies at Polson
Joseph Howard Torgerson 87, retired farmer of Porter Beach, died Saturday at Polson after a three year illness from leukemia. Funeral Tuesday at Chateau Methodist Church. Burial in Chateau Cemetery. Survivors include wife Edith, two daughters Grace Elliott and Audrey Brennan, two sisters, a brother, and three granddaughters. He was born October 26, 1889 in Crookston Minnesota and moved to Montana in 1913. He attended Highland Park College Des Moines and was a mechanical engineer. member of the Methodist Church.
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Joseph Howard Torgerson
Porter Beach
Polson
Chateau Methodist Church
Grant Moore
Chateau Cemetery
H. H. Wuest
Robinson
Arthur . Weist
Chétéau
Lewellyn Jones
Martin Klette
Vernon Venetz
Conrad
Torgerson
Crookston
Minn
Montana
Rugby
N. Dak
Flathead Lake
Edith Nyberg
Choteau
Godfrey Torgerson
Tonasket
Wash
Audrey Brennan
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Grace Elliott
Spokane
Myrtle Brown
Medford
Ore
Robert Kropp
Dale Meiers
V. C. Nyberg Sr
Carol
V. C. Nyberg Jr
Ambrose Nelson
Great Falls
Stanley van Deist
Helena
Gerald Torgerson
Fairfield
Curtis Anniversary Party At Trinity Lutheran Church
An anniversary party for Mr. and Mrs. F Z Curtis will be held Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church from 2 to 5 p m. The invitation is extended to all friends of the Curtis.
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F.z. Curtis
Trinity Lutheran Church
Curtis
Long Beach Couple Visiting Chateau Friends
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Nelson of Long Beach California are house guests of Mrs. Ethel Sturgis and visit their Chateau friends. Nelson has served seven weeks as a vacation druggist substitute at a Chester Drug store.
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Ray Nelson
Long Beach
Calif
Ethel Sturgis
Nelson
Chester
Missile site belt mapped in Montana with 150 Minuteman missiles
Army engineers released a map showing a belt about 175 miles long and 100 miles wide from the Chateau-Augusta area to Winnett-Lewistown. It details 150 Minuteman missiles and 15 launch control centers with 16 sites and two centers in Teton county. Construction may start in November on a $50 million project. a road project by Bureau of Public Roads is planned to improve county access. County officials signed consent for road improvements where desired.
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Chateau-Augusta
Winnett-Lewistown
Army
Minuteman
Teton County
Tho
Belleview Road
Pishkun Road
Choteau
Lafe
Fairfield
Augusta
Bureau of Public Roads
Monkman
Lightweight Wheat Eligible For Support
Gaspard W. Deschamps announces relaxed price support rules for the 1960 crop allowing lightweight wheat to qualify if it tests at least 40 pounds per bushel. Previously ineligible wheat under No. 3 to No. 5 grade now receives discounts based on test weight, with extra reductions for weight 40 to 44 pounds per bushel and 45 pounds per bushel plus a baseline 9 cent deduction for No. 5.
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Gaspard W. Deschamps
Missoula
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Civil Defense Meeting Invites County Staffs in Great Falls
Civil Defense personnel from Teton county communities are invited to a meeting in the Civic Center council chambers Great Falls on Thursday at 9 30 am. The program covers defense threats foreign Civil Defense state plans and contributions plus rural and radiological defense efforts for elected officials and candidates.
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Teton County
Great Falls
Montana
Tax-o-rama Set For Chateau October 11
State wide Tax-o-rama sessions sponsored by 16 Montana associations visit Chateau October 11 at 2 p.m. in the Legion hall open to the public. Three speakers will cover Federal taxation State and local taxes and the impact on Montana business and agriculture.
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Chateau
Legion Hall
Montana
Robert Helding
Libby
Jack Marlow
Montana Contractors Ass’n
Keith Anderson
The
Montana Taxpayers Ass’n
Conservation Reserve Signup Has Ended
Chairman Lyall Schaefer announced no new Conservation Reserve signup this fall under the Soil Bank program as authorizations ended in 1960. Existing contracts remain through their terms with payments continuing. nationwide, over 300000 contracts cover about 328 million acres with average rent around 11.85 per acre.
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Soil Bank Conservation Reserve
Lyall Schaefer
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Schaefer
Soil Bank Act
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of ‘Agriculture
Teton County
Services Today for Walter W. Johnson
Walter W. Johnson, 61, died Sunday at his farm home. He homesteaded in the area in 1918. Services Thursday at Banks Chapel with Rev. A Bernard Gravdal officiating. Burial in Chateau Cemetery. Born June 29, 1899, in Trade Lake, Wisconsin. Survived by two sisters Edith Holbrook Chateau and Vina Sandberg Fremont California, and a brother Albert Spokane Washington.
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Walter W. Johnson
Homie
Bole
Banks Chapel
A. Bernard
Gravdal
Chateau Cemetery
Johnson
Trade Lake
Wis
Edith Holbrook
Chateau
Vina Sandberg
Fremont
Calif
Albert
Spokane
Wash
FU Meeting on Saturday
Teton County Farmers Union will hold its annual meeting at Moose Hall in Chateau starting at 10 am. A potluck lunch at noon will be hosted by the union with rolls coffee butter and ice cream. A junior program and election of officers and delegates to the state convention in October are planned with Miss Margaret Bucher of Great Falls Montana as guest speaker.
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Teton
Democratic Caravan Tours Teton County Ahead of Election
A Democratic caravan of state and county candidates led by Rep. Leo Metcalf and Lt. Governor Paul Cannon will visit Power Dutton Fairfield Chateau Bynum Pendroy and Conrad with stops for rallies no host luncheons and a public dinner at the Pondera Democrats event. Guides include Jim Dellno Paul Rice and D P Fabrick with local hosts arranging events and campaigning literature available.
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Teton County
Leo Metcalf
Paul Cannon
Leo Graybill
Henry Anderson
Frank Murray
Forrest Anderson
H. L
Tip) O’neil
John J. Holmes
Lou Boédecker
John Cushman
Gordon McOmber
Elmer Erickson
Harriet Morgan
Park Cafe
Fairfield
Chateau
Harry Luinstra
Gordon Monkman
Ray Weist
Bynum
Pendroy
Bob Rice
Rosémary Snodgrass
Pendrey
Conrad
Pondera Democrats
Democrat’ Party
Thas
Monarch
Registration For Election Ends Friday
Eligible electors not yet registered for the November general election must register by Friday. The county clerk's office notes many qualified voters did not participate in 1958 and must register to vote. Registration can be made at the courthouse, before any deputy registrar, or with a notary public or justice of the peace. those within 10 miles of the courthouse must register at the county clerk's office.
Conrad Choir Sings Mass in Chateau Next Sunday
The St. Michael's Church choir from Conrad will perform the mass at St. Joseph's Church in Chateau next Sunday at 10 am. Fr. Thomas Gannon relays the event and Monsignor M A Weber will deliver a sermon on church music. Weber, current pastor of the Conrad parish, previously directed the cathedral choir in Helena.
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St. Michael's Church
Conrad
St. Joseph’s Church
Chateau
Thomas Gannon
M. A. Weber
Heléna
Weber
Foe Conrad
Helena
Army Reunion in Choteau for 362nd Infantry Veterans
Survivors of the 362nd Infantry of World War I, mostly Montana men, plan their annual reunion in Choteau on Saturday Oct. 1. The Remnants Club marks the 42nd anniversary of the Valley of Death battle at Gesnes. Joyce Wolgemuth will speak, with war mementos on display.
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Choteau
Herman J. Johnson
Fairfield
Montana
Remnants
Legion Hall
Chateau
Gesnes
Remnants Club
Johnson
Joyce Wolgemuth
American Legion
Wolgemuth
362Nd
Camp Lewis
States
Liverpool
le Havre
Services for Mrs Jaconetty At Tacoma
Mrs Josephine Spadefore Jaconetty 68 a Dutton resident died Sunday at a Great Falls hospital Funeral services and burial were to be held at Tacoma Washington She was born July 7 1892 in Apprilingino Italy and came to the United States in 1914 Survivors include her husband Salvatore Sam three daughters all of Tacoma three sons in Seattle San Jose California one sister in Philadelphia another sister and two brothers in Italy and ten grandchildren and one great grandchild
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Josephine Spadefore
Jaconetty
Dutton
Great Falls
Tacoma
Wash
Apprilingino
Italy
Salvatore
Sam
Maria Wall
Dorothy Johnson
Mickey Salter
Anthony Spadefore
Seattle
Louis and
Rickey
San Jose
Calif
Ballafa Vigna
Philadelphia
Girl Scout Meeting in Dutton Plans Official Kickoff
East: Teton Girl Scouts of Dutton and Power announce their official kickoff for the coming year. The meeting will be next Thursday Sept 29 at 5 p.m. in the Legion hall at Dutton. Girls should bring a sack lunch. Closing hour is 6:45 to 7 p.m.
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Teton
Scouts of Dutton and
Power
Legion ‘Hall
Dutton
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